The Columbia

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The Columbia
Situated about a 10-minute stroll from the royal museum "Kensington Palace", the lovely 3-star Columbia Hotel London features Wi-Fi throughout the property, and a car park on site. Located 4.2 km from a family-friendly spot such as Coca-Cola London Eye, the family-run hotel has 111 rooms near an underground station.
The independent property lies in the heart of London, in Westminster Borough, which is a great choice for travellers interested in shopping, parks and theatre, a minute away from Bayswater. The welcoming Columbia offers proximity to natural sights like Hyde Park (1.5 km) and St James's Park (3.2 km). Nature lovers will appreciate the proximity to The Long Water, which is approximately 500 metres away. Harrods is situated a 5-minute drive from The Columbia Hotel. For those travelling from afar, London City airport is 36 minutes' drive away.
The rooms feature such facilities as coffee/tea making equipment, along with a flat-screen TV with satellite channels for guests' entertainment. They are furnished with comfortable decor. Offering amenities such as toiletries, the bathrooms also have a shower. Here you'll also find views of Hyde Park.
Guests can enjoy an English breakfast daily. The cocktail bar is ideal for a relaxing drink. The bar area includes a lounge. British cuisine is offered at Whites Restaurant, situated right near this London hotel.
Amenities
Main Features
- Wi-Fi
- 24-hour services
- On-site Dining
- Meeting facilities
- Pets
Facilities
- No smoking on site
- Wi-Fi
- No parking
- Safe deposit box
- 24-hour reception
- Pets allowed
- Security
- Luggage storage
- Lift
- Smoke detectors
- Fire extinguishers
- Electric kettle
- Bar/ Lounge area
- Garden area
- Leisure/ TV room
- Housekeeping
- Meeting/ Banquet facilities
- Fax/Photocopying
- Heating
- Free toiletries
- Flat-screen TV
- AM/FM alarm clock
- Carpeted floor
Policy
- Children and extra beds
- There are no cots provided in a room.
Map
Local Attractions
Attractions
- Oxford Street (2.5 km)
- Sainsbury's Local (550 m)
- The Golden Horseshoe (600 m)
- Italian Gardens (350 m)
- Nisa Local (250 m)
- Statue of Edward Jenner (350 m)
- London Zoo (3.2 km)
- Queensway Tube (550 m)
- West End (3.4 km)
Airports
- London City (20 km)
Train stations
- Paddington Station (600 m)
Reviews
100% Verified Reviews
James
2024-05-30
The place was pleasant and fairly clean. The staff were amazingly kind and exceptional, gave us great tips. The hotel was in a particularly good location, to the Italian Gardens cafe. The bar was pleasant. It was a really lovely experience.
Thomas
2024-05-18
Really had good stay in September. Magnificent and stunning location the next subway station is within walking distance in a truly beautiful area. Again, walking distance to Dean Village. A decent size room, cheap with a dated bathroom.
Peter
2024-04-20
The hotel was in the central setting in a great neighborhood. The bedroom was bright and new-fashioned.
Henry
2024-04-18
I greatly enjoyed that the room was beautifully presented and well priced with bath. Butter, cereal, jam, fruit, and cheese at the bar were fabulous.
Juliet
2024-03-29
This was a marvellous and amazing location adjacent to the Hyde Park and South Kensington. They offered us heated and spacious rooms with balconies overlooking Hyde Park, large bathroom plus 3 single beds.
Graeme
2024-03-15
Had tidy room with 3 single beds and balconies, and protected with smoke detectors. Everything seemed great, clean.
John
2024-02-12
It's extremely spacious with clean bathrooms. Great to have coffee, a TV set, and a hair dryer. The location is marvellous and stunning in a very nice area.
Doug
2024-02-02
Stunningly beautiful and charming place. Reasonably spacious and cheap units with a dated bathroom and courteous staff.
James
2024-01-29
Beautifully presented unit with locked window. Central heating, an electronic key card, and TV available.
Luke
2024-01-05
The single room was modern and had all that we needed. The hotel was situated in the central location near a train station as well as bus stop.
Sidney
2023-12-17
I stayed for 3 nights here and had a great time. There were super breakfasts with boiled eggs, a sweet pastry and good coffee and the location was great.
The setting was really poor.
James
2023-11-21
Tbh, had a wonderful stay for my business trip. The location was amazing and lovely in a very beautiful area, not far from close to the underground station Lancaster Gate, and Lancaster Gate underground station and bus stations. Also, Peter Pan Statue was at a short distance.
Stanley
2023-11-19
We had a comfortable 2 nights stay. The location was magnificent and fantastic, walk from a tube station. Also, it was a 10-15 minute walk from an expansive park. We appreciated this staying.
Keith
2023-11-19
The breakfast was super with a sweet pastry, good coffee, boiled eggs, and the staff were nice. The bedroom was new-fashioned and heated. That hotel was in a great and fantastic location, to Oxford street.
Rob
2023-11-10
Stunningly beautiful and charming place with welcoming staff.
Nigel
2023-10-29
The hotel was located in a great place, walk from a tube station. Westminster Borough district was worth staying in.
Anthony
2023-10-28
This location was great, near to Oxford Street as well as the nearest underground station. Plus, I was within easy walking distance of Western Approaches Museum.
Kevin
2023-09-25
Booked it for 2 days and had a comfortable experience. The location was marvellous with an underground station walk from the accommodation. I appreciated the hotel overall.
Chris
2023-09-21
We liked the convenience of the guest room available with balconies as well as large bathroom. There was lots of great meals. It was in a central setting close to the tube.
Sophia
2023-09-19
Particularly good and excellent location near an underground station. Decent size and heated units with bath, 3 single beds, as example, and amazingly kind staff.
William
2023-09-13
You guys made my stay wonderful. I greatly enjoyed the bar during the breakfast. The location was amazing and lovely, on the bus routes, and my bed was very comfy. Also, the place was at a medium distance from Duke of Wellington Statue.
Julian
2023-09-10
Pleasant place with nice and courteous staff. Extremely spacious and cheap room with large bathroom, locked window and 3 single beds.
Patricia
2023-08-31
It has great setting right next to Hyde Park. The staff are really good and very polite, overall.
Charles
2023-08-26
Heated, great-sized rooms with 3 single beds. Butter, cereals, jam, fruit, and cheese for breakfast in the bar.
Wally
2023-08-25
Central location and near an underground station. The queen room with 3 single beds, bath, as for instance.
Oscar
2023-08-23
The hotel room was heated and tidy, had coffee, a TV, and a hair dryer. The bed was exceptionally comfortable; and there was a bathtub.
Arthur
2023-08-18
The units were reasonably large with a dated bathroom. They have WiFi and a storage. The location is excellent and walk from an underground station.
Ray
2023-08-16
Clean place accompanied by nice staff. Location - great and fantastic right by Lancaster Gate underground station, Hop-in Hop-off bus stop, and the centre, close to the underground station Lancaster Gate as well as to Kensington Garden.
Kathleen
2023-07-29
Fantastic location close enough to all main tourist attractions.
Cyril
2023-07-17
Well, it was an enjoyable stay in September. Its location was incredible, right by underground, and the Victoria and Albert memorial and museums. Also, a Hyde park was 2 km away.
Reginald
2023-07-06
The breakfast was super with boiled eggs and good coffee, for example, the location was great and fantastic. Booked king room, that included central heating, an electronic key card, and TV.
Frederick
2023-07-03
Marvellous and incredible location in a beautiful area, not far from public transport as well as parks.
George
2023-06-27
All the services were good, the room was good value for money and well presented with large bathroom, 3 single beds, as example. A bus stop was located near the venue.
Nicola
2023-06-20
We think it's a fabulous base for staying in London. The venue is placed in a central position near a train station as well as bus stop.
John
2023-06-11
Perfect central location near to bus stations and the tube at Lancaster Gate, and tube station/ bus stop. And it was not too far away from a royal museum. I got butter, cereals, jam, fruit, and cheese for breakfast in the bar.
Jamie
2023-06-06
Particularly good and excellent location for visiting pubs and cafés.
Richard
2023-06-03
Everything is great here, had a such great stay for the overall visit.
Richard
2023-04-18
All in all everything was perfectly fine, had an enjoyable stay for my business trip. It was based in very beautiful building in a magnificent and stunning location, in a calm neighbourhood. Moreover, it was very close to Bayswater and South Kensington as well as the centre, close to the underground station Lancaster Gate as well as to Kensington Garden.
Hugh
2023-04-11
Stayed here for 3 nights and appreciated my choice. Well priced and a decent size units with balconies, updated decoration and 3 single beds, and the staff were absolutely kind. Good service was provided. Late check-out was useful. The location was good and excellent, near a garden and a park. The food they offered was great, had a huge variety of meals.
Malcolm
2023-04-08
Our guest room was equipped with 3 single beds, balconies plus locked window. The rate was £ 85. We were in an incredible location a 10-15 minute walking distance from Paddington.
Unfortunately Wi-Fi was very poor.
William
2023-04-04
Everything was great, had a really great stay for my business trip. The staff was nice providing the information. I was upgraded to a heated queen room. The location was marvellous and fantastic, near to Lancaster Gate subway station that's on the Central Line, underground, bus, restaurangs and shops and central London, in a beautiful area.
Chris
2023-03-30
Plus, the location is marvellous and stunning, minutes from a royal museum. The stuff is nice and exceptional.
Emma
2023-03-14
Our accommodation was set in a central location near tube station, the Central Line, and Hyde Park.
Mark
2023-03-10
The room was reasonably spacious and cheap and I loved the traditional-style building. The hotel had a great position, on the edge of Hyde Park.
John
2023-02-19
Possibly the best and really comfortable stay for my business trip. Large unit with locked window. Marvellous location: a subway station walk from the hotel. Found in a shopping area.
Robert
2022-12-24
Pleasant and clean place, polite staff. Found in a great part of the town.
Norman
2022-12-15
Everything is great, I loved it. The staff are efficient and accommodating. This is a hotel go-to for London!
Edgar
2022-12-09
The unit we got was new-fashioned and cheap with locked window, updated decoration plus bath. The hotel has brilliant location just next door to Lancaster Gate and Queensway.
Some of the staff were very rude.
Fred
2022-11-24
I enjoyed the stay. Staff were welcoming, and the room was heated. Unbeatable and easy location very close to the Underground, all was great. There was a cosy bar on site.
Annie
2022-11-23
Newly decorated hotel, had a really good service. I had the queen room which was bright with 3 single beds. Central heating, an electronic key card and TV were available here. The location was incredible and brilliant, relatively near a royal museum. Fast check-in was a bonus.
Jane
2022-11-16
Central heating, an electronic key card and TV in our king room were useful during stay. Everything was GREAT as expected, but the bathroom was very dated. The staff was kind, provided a fast check-in and a late check-out. We enjoyed the international cuisine in the restaurant. It was surely a great stay for the overall visit.
Leo
2022-11-13
The location was incredible and brilliant for walking around a royal residence. The room was neat with 3 single beds, bath and balconies overlooking Hyde Park, the check-in was easy;))
Robert
2022-11-12
Neat room with large bathroom, balconies, a double bed, and smoke detectors too for guests' safety. A TV in the reception, convenient. Magnificent location of the hotel in areas. Based next to tube station, and the centre.
John
2022-11-09
The room was tidy and elegant with balconies, booked it for £ 85.
Gavin
2022-10-12
Sincerely, it was a nice stay in September. The breakfast had plenty of selection, the food was fab! There were comfy beds and central heating, an electronic key card and a TV set inside the room.
Horace
2022-09-29
Great prices, everything exceeded all expectations. Everything was fine and lots to do. The accommodation had a central location close to attractions. The rooms were cheap and fine and equipped with updated decoration, locked window, as example.
Bobby
2022-09-10
The location was unbeatable for me.
Mick
2022-08-30
The place was pleasant, we enjoyed it. The venue was set in the central position short walk to taxi, the centre, and London. We had a few cool drinks in the pleasant hotel’s bar.
J.
2022-08-21
Units with 3 single beds. Brilliant and fascinating location to John Lennon. Lovely area...
Richard
2022-08-20
the breakfast was included, that was a bonus. i booked a room with a nice bed, central heating, an electronic key card and a tv set. the experience was such wonderful and i would stay here again.
Helen
2022-08-20
Overall it was tidy and heated with bath. The service was good, including courteous staff and a cosy bar. Could use their good parking. We enjoyed the breakfast.
Desmond
2022-08-13
Elegant room with central heating, an electronic key card and TV for an enjoyable stay for the overall visit.
David
2022-06-29
The total stay was good for my business trip. The room with 3 single beds. Shower facilities, a hairdryer and bath sheets were very handy. A bus stop was near the property.
The room was quite small.
Mike
2021-02-27
this hotel is equal to 3 stars. we had a double room with tv, a work desk and an electronic key card.
George
2021-01-15
Breakfast was GOOD, staff were helpful, location was Amazing. Got wake up calls free of charge, not bad too.